Google Local Gets Updated. Now includes maps with business locations marked in search results. This is a nice upgrade and appears to work pretty well. – from Google Weblog

AOL to Launch Shopping Comparison Site. “About ten percent of online holiday shoppers visited a comparison shopping site like this last year, showing that they’ve become popular, but still have much growth potential.” from MarketingVox

Firefox 1.0 Now Available – I’ve been using this browser for a year and it’s by far a favorite over Opera or any other non-MSIE browser.